21 things you didn’t know about London
In recent years, the popularity of London city break has gone from strength to strength. It seems that millennials are doing away with the week beach break and instead favouring three days in one of the world’s great metropolises.
As you can see from this post from UK travel association ABTA, statistics now show that they are in fact as popular as beach holidays.
It’s really not hard to see why either. With more cheaper flights than ever and budget accommodation via Airbnb and other services, city breaks can prove to cost very little.
In fact, for the amount of money it takes to book one beach holiday, you could quite easily enjoy two city breaks.
When it comes to selecting a city break, there’s certainly a few everyone must visit. One of these is, of course, London.
London is bar far one of the most popular tourist cities on the planet. In fact, the Evening Standard reported earlier this year that a record 19 million tourist visited the English capital last year.
It’s pretty easy to see why too. London is both a city with a wealth of history and also bucket loads of contemporary attractions.
Just take a look at this post from Planet Ware, which lists a number of world famous attractions.
If you’re planning on visiting this marvelous city, it would be beneficial to learn a little about it first.
And thanks to a new infographic from Central London Apartments, you can do just that!
It’s called ‘21 Things You Didn’t Know About London’ and you can see it for yourself below.
It covers some truly fascinating things relating to contemporary London and also its rich history.
For example, do you know how many people use the London Underground each year? Or why the Palace of Westminster is positioned on the River Thames? You can find the answers and plenty more fascinating things by reading the infographic.
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